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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barking 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1919.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Ca6es Notified | Total Cases Notified in each Locality | Total Cases Removed to Hospital | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages — Years | Wards | ||||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1-5 | 615 | 16-25 | 26-45 | 46-65 | Over 65 | North | South | East | West | ||||
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Scarlet Fever | 61 | ... | 16 | 42 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 23 | 26 | 4 | 49 | |
| Diphtheria | 98 | ... | 22 | 48 | 23 | 3 | 2 | ... | 11 | 24 | 57 | 6 | 88 | |
| Erysipelas | 50 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 2 | |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| Malaria | 31 | ... | ... | 3 | 10 | 16 | 2 | ... | 11 | 8 | 10 | 2 | ... | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 13 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | ... | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis, | A & B | 111 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 44 | 31 | 15 | 8 |
| C&D | 65 | ... | ... | 5 | 23 | 36 | 1 | ... | 9 | 22 | 26 | 8 | ||
| Other forms of Tuberculosis, | A & B | 48 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 6 | ... | ... | 8 | 15 | 18 | 7 | |
| C&D | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ||
| Dysentery | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 73 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 27 | 7 | ... | |
| Encephalitis Legarthica | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |
| Measles | 369 | 18 | 155 | 181 | 10 | 5 | ... | ... | 75 | 137 | 127 | 30 | 4 | |
| Totals | 934 | 43 | 218 | 356 | 118 | 132 | 51 | 16 | 172 | 322 | 351 | 89 | 160 | |